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Jennifer L. Hall
From:Elaine Thienprasiddhi
Sent:Thursday, October 21, 2021 3:11 PM
To:Public Comment
Subject:AFSCME/MAC-MOU
Dear Mayor and Councilmembers,
It is my understanding that the AFSCME/MAC will be presenting our MOU proposal during closed session on October 26.
As a City employees of 14 years, I implore you to support the proposal for salary increases. We are losing highly qualified
staff with years upon years of institutional knowledge because our City is no longer competitive with other jurisdictions.
We are asked to do more with less, we work for a large and complex city, with complex projects and resident concerns.
I, personally, am doing the work that would have been assigned to least four or five planners when I first started working
for the City.
I recently sat on interview panels and can attest that the City is no longer able to attract the talented pool of applicants
that we used to. Additionally, once we hire on entry level staff, we provide them with excellent training and experience,
but they only stay with us for about two years before leaving for better opportunities elsewhere. This is not the way it
was when I started here. Staff grew with the City and found opportunities within in order to grow professionally.
Please support your staff. Thank you for your consideration.
Elaine Thienprasiddhi, AICP
Senior Planner
Anaheim Planning and Building Department
E-mail ethien@anaheim.net
Phone (714) 765-4568
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